RPNA’s Spring General meeting: Date April 7th, 2018 Time/Location to be determined still.. The Spring General meeting will be discussing the Twin Trails project. We will hear from people directly involved with the project....

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Two Trails flyer in RP Reviews/ Spring General Meeting/ February RPNA Agenda

It has com to the attention of the River park Neighborhood Association (the entity which publishes the River Park Review) that some residents may have received an insert in their most recent copy of the Review about the Two Rivers Trail Project. The RPNA did not produce this flyer and did not place it in any copy of the Review. We strongly condemn this action. The RPNA is addressing the issue of the Two Rivers Trail Project by hosting the Spring General Meeting on April 7, 2018 and devoting most of the meeting to this project. Elected officials and City staff will be on hand along with others representing all sides of the issue.

RPNA has chosen not to take a stance on the Two Rivers Project. We feel the best way to serve River Park is by providing a time and place to have an open conversation with the different sides of the issue. That is why we are working hard to set up the Spring General Meeting dedicated to providing a forum where all sides of the issue can be aired and discussed.

The flyers being circulated by some parties that are opposed to the Two River Trails Project recommend attending this months RPNA board meeting. The RPNA agenda is full this month and we will not be discussing this issue except to form a committee to provide recommendations to the Board about the format of the meeting and the best way to make sure that all sides of the issue get to be heard. The Spring General meeting will be the best time and place to discuss this issue.

Update: The person responsible for this bravely came forward and explained that it was an honest mistake and feels terrible about all of this. It was unintentional and not meant to be malicious. RPNA asks the community to accept this persons apology.

One comment on “Two Trails flyer in RP Reviews/ Spring General Meeting/ February RPNA Agenda”

We asked around among our neighbors who we know to be both a block captain for the River Park Neighborhood Association and involved in opposition to the plan to pave the path at the foot of the levee, and we were able to identify the source of the flyers. It was Nancy Mee, and she asked me to identify her here by name.

Nancy was both delivering River Park Review newsletters and distributing flyers on the levee project this weekend, and she decided to tuck the one into the other to expedite delivery and increase the chances that they wouldn’t all blow away on a windy day. She was not intending to mislead anyone, and she is highly apologetic for the distress that this caused.

Before we do too much condemning, I would ask you to keep in mind two things. First, the harm here is that recipients of the two pieces of paper together may mistakenly believe that the RPNA board is the source of the flyer regarding the Two Rivers Trail. This is a misunderstanding that can easily be dispelled. Second, please keep in mind that Nancy is donating her personal time to act as a block captain and to promote community involvement in a public project. Also, she is our neighbor and, from my experience, is personally dedicated to our neighborhood.

I can understand why some people might initially suspect this action as intentionally misleading but, knowing Nancy and hearing how it happened, it is very hard to see this action as some sort of deliberate subversion. I am quite confident that won’t happen again.